Fetal haemoglobin levels and haematological characteristics of compound heterozygotes for haemoglobin S and deletional hereditary persistence of fetal haemoglobin

British Journal of Haematology

Volumn 156, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 259-264

  Ngo, Duyen A ^a   Aygun, Banu ^b   Akinsheye, Idowu ^a   Hankins, Jane S ^b   Bhan, Ishir ^c   Luo, Hong Y ^a   Steinberg, Martin H ^a   Chui, David H K ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b ST JUDE CHILDREN S RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Fetal haemoglobin; Hereditary persistence of fetal haemoglobin; Sickle cell

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN F; HEMOGLOBIN S;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DNA POLYMORPHISM; FEMALE; GENE; GENE DELETION; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HEMOGLOBINOPATHY; HEREDITARY PERSISTENCE OF FETAL HEMOGLOBIN; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; INFANCY; INFANT; MALE; MEAN CORPUSCULAR VOLUME; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA; THALASSEMIA; XMNI GENE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANEMIA, SICKLE CELL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FETAL HEMOGLOBIN; HEMOGLOBIN, SICKLE; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PREGNANCY; SEQUENCE DELETION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84155186479     PISSN: 00071048     EISSN: 13652141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2141.2011.08916.x     Document Type: Article

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